“The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network. I have a client with a Windows 7 pc with a folder that is shared on their network (Workgroup). Sometime last week, after Windows Updates were installed, the other pcs on the local network could no longer browse the network or map a network drive to […]
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Keyboard appears to be typing backwards
I just had a client give me a call and state that their Windows 10 pc keyboard was typing backwards. At first I was not sure what this meant so I visited this client in person. Indeed the keystrokes the user was typing were displaying to the left of the last character. At first I […]
How to retrieve a Windows 7 Product Key
I have not posted an “It Fixed it for me” article in a while. Here is one that may help someone else. Have you ever needed to reinstall your operating system due to a failed hard drive, severe virus infection or just want a fresh start but realize that you either lost your Windows 7 […]
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The Best Free Software to Install on You...
For the students in my “Intro to Personal Computers” class. Here is a good article (not created by me) that goes over some of the many software we talked about in class. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-free-software-to-install-on-your-new-laptop-1831228091 The list includes Firefox – Web Browser LibreOffice – Office Applications GIMP – Image Editing Pixlr – Image Editing Google Photos – Image Editing […]
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys
Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys Reference Card For my students in the Introduction to Personal Computers classes (or any Microsoft software class realy), below is a good quick reference guide for using Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys. This is very good for all Windows users to have handy as there are many shortcut keys to remember for […]
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winmail.dat Attachments
Users receiving Winmail.dat instead of real attachments It seems that some non – Exchange or Office 365 users are getting winmail.dat attachments in emails rather than the actual attachments. I cannot take the credit for this solution as I found it on a technet forum, but I wanted to add my two cents to the […]
Keyboard and Mouse stopped working on Wi...
I had a recent client contact me with a pc issue. The keyboard and mouse stopped working on a recently updated Windows 10 pc. The pc was a Dell All In One pc with a wired keyboard and mouse. The client was using the pc normally when seemingly the usb devices lost power. The lights […]